Show posthumous AWARD i i omaha april 22 posthumous award of the silver star S ar lips been made by the war var department to lt ast 1st benjamin L fitzgerald fitzgerad of f the field artillery for gallantry in in action in deference to the request of his wife mrs joanne M fitzgeral fitzgerald d a public presentation ceremony will not be held and the dc c oration caration has licen been forwarded to her at monticello utah from I 1 aror headquarters here of eli the seventh ent service command mrs fitzgerald formerly foi fol merly lived at dolores colo in making the award the war department lepart ment said lt fitzgerald a cecon nuisance nai sance officer with a glider field artillery battalion was with wilh a group of soldiers acting as forward observers cb servers when concentrated artillery and rifle ride fire of the enemy forced them to evacuate the post throughout their withdrawal lt fitzgerald insisted on remaining between his men and enemy snipers and while w hile thus e as a guard for his men he be was killed in the citation he is commended for his coolness courage and unswerving devotion to duty and for setting the safety of his men above his own in a manner after the highest traditions of the army |